Glacial ice deposits have been holding thousands of years of artifacts from pre-ice-age periods like the neolithic and bronze age. Some of these are almost perfectly preserved and are now surfacing for us to discover as the ice in Norway glacial deposits has melted drastically in recent times due to climate change. The country’s highest […]

For a long time, scientists have been working on why most people who have heart attacks or strokes have few or no conventional risk factors? One possible answer in many of these heart disease issues lies in a bizarre accumulation of mutated stem cells in bone marrow increases a person’s risk of dying within a […]

Intel Corp is having to deal with 32 lawsuits (and probably more to come) from all over. Some of the lawsuits deal with poor reaction to known security flaws, while others are based on withholding information from parties that purchased Intel stocks after the company was informed of the weaknesses. The Spectre and Meltdown flaws […]

Empty words galore – “We are going to overcome addiction in America,” president Trump said. But how is that possible if, at the same time, he intends to cut spending and redirect resources to other sectors? US healthcare suffered a major blow after Trump’s speech Thursday, when he declared the opioid crisis a “national emergency” […]

Developers of Ethereum, the world’s No. 2 digital currency by market cap, have finally put out a patch ending the nightmare that was the “Eclipse Attack”. This attack, described in a paper published on Thursday, allowed “any kid with a machine and a script” to exploit the security flaw that plagued the Etherereum platform manipulating users’ […]

“My issue is that I had gaming addiction,” he said. “I had anxiety and depression and basically I’d just use it as like escaping from it … I literally skipped school for a month just to play video games.” Al and Christine’s son Josh, a 14 years old, was so consumed with playing video games […]

Prices for electricity in Germany have dipped below zero more than 100 times this year alone, according to EPEX Spot. Customers are being paid to consume power which is the result of low demand, unseasonably warm weather and strong breezes that provided an abundance of wind power on the grid. This Sunday, factory owners and […]

The harsh reactions to what is being called “manspreading” are sweeping the world and the public opinion in New Zealand is very divided over the issue. For those who are not in the loop – manspreading refers to the practice of some men sitting with their legs spread apart on public transport. Outraged feminists in […]

Global prices of oil have had a sharp increase to what seems to be a 30-month high. This is the result of closing the North Sea Pipeline which is said to be in effect for around three weeks. A barrel of Brent crude has climbed up to $65.47, a level not seen since June 2015, […]

Social media stress and a declining self-image have a profound influence on teenage girls – self harm cases, depression and anxiety have gone up! That’s according to official data in the UK reported on by The Guardian. Teenage girls and young women are experiencing a mental health crisis, conflicts with friends and peers, etc. The […]